Basic Tutorial?

[dwatson]

Hi,

I just installed osCommerce on my dev environment, and its working. Next step: I want to set up a simple test storefront and administer it. I went to the osCommerce, on-line knowledge base, but it seems more of a reference than a tutorial. Can anyone recommend a basic tutorial on how to set up a store, products, categories, inventory, prices etc. etc. ? Maybe I'm just missing something on the osCommerce site. I would like to do this before I start looking into the PHP code.

Thanks,

David Watson

[OceanRanch]

There are no "flash" based geewiz tutorials that you sit back and watch and learn everything about osCommerce. Some ISPs might have a few admin tutorials with packaged solutions, you could probably google around and find a few.

 

The best way is to open up the knowledgebase documentation AND open up your admin page and walk thru the options. All the information is there to get a good feel for what you can customize and what settings you might want to change from the default.

 

My .02 cents......

 

HTH

Tom

[dwatson]

Thanks, I had a feeling that was the approach. Most packages, even "higher-end" ones like Smarty templates have a "crash course" doc. Might not be a bad addition for osCommerce. Just a thought from a newbie. I have learned a lot of software tools, and I always like getting started as fast as possible.

[Guest]

http://www.demodemo.com/tutorials_osc.html for the basic admin Flash tutorial OceanRanch was talking about. And yes Knowledge Base and this Forum are your best friends.